Garment bagging apparatus



Jan. 24, 1939. c. s. ALLEN 2,144,907

GARMENT BAGGING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 19, 1937 v Charles 5 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the cross arm and attendant parts;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the suspension rod, the cross arm andattendant parts;

Fig. 4 is a top plan of the clip that holds the bag, the suspension rodbeing in section.

In the ceiling l of a closet, or in any other suitable elevated place,is mounted a hook 2 which is detachably engaged with a hook 3 on theupper end of a suspension rod 4, which may be a piece of wire, thesuspension rod being supplied at its lower end with an eye 5 detachablyengaged with a hook 6 on a hanger l of any desired and common form, thehanger being adapted to carry a garment 8.

A cross arm 5 is secured to the suspension rod 4, near to the upper endof the suspension rod, and is of plate-like form, the cross arm havingbackwardly extended ears ID in which are mounted round-edged grommets lI which will not fray a flexible element or cord [2 which is roveslidably through them, the flexible element being supplied at one endwith a handle M.

The numeral l5 marks a resilient pinch clip or holder, adapted to engagean open-bottomed bag 2|, the pinch clip being released by arms [6 andbeing of ordinary construction, the arms having holes ll. One end of theflexible element 12 is formed into a first loopl8 engaged through theholes I! in the arms IS, the flexible element being knotted at 19 toform a laterally extended second loop or guide 20, slidably mounted onthe suspension rod 4. With the parts arranged as shown in Fig. 1, theoperator eases off on the flexible element l2, the flexible element runsthrough the grommets II, and the bag 2| descends, the bag receiving andcovering the garment 8.

One of the reasons for having the second loop or guide 28, engagedslidably with the suspension rod 4, is to keep the bag 2| in'properplace, so that when it moves downwardly, it will receive and cover thegarment 8. Another reason for having the second loop or guide 20 is thatif the pinch clipi5 is detached from the bag 2|, and, especially, if theflexible element [2 happens to be located with respect to the cross arm9 so that each portion of the flexible element I2 is of considerablelength, the parts of the flexible element will tend to become entangledwith each other and with the suspension rod 4.

When the operator desires to use the garment 8, all that he has to do isto haul on the flexible element l2, by means of the handle M, the bag 2|being raised to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the garment 8 beingexposed.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a suspension member having meansat its upper end for engaging a support and having means, at its lowerend for carrying a garment hanger, a flexible element, means on thesuspension member for carrying the intermediate portion of the flexibleelement slidably, a bag holding pinch clip having arms provided withopenings, one end of the flexible element being formed into a loopengaged through the openings, and the loop being extended to form aguide slidably mounted on the suspension member, the opposite end of theflexible element being under the control of an operator.

2. In a device of the class described, a suspension member having meansat its upper end for engaging a support and having means at its lowerend for carrying a garment hanger, a flexible element, means on thesuspension member for carrying the intermediate portion of the flexibleelement slidably, a bag holding member having an opening, one end of theflexible element being formed into a loop engaged through the opening,and the loop being extended to form a guide slidably mounted on thesuspension member, the opposite end of the flexible element being underthe control of an operator.

3. In a device of the class described, a suspension member having meansat its upper end for engaging a support and having means at its lowerend for carrying a garment hanger, a flexible element, means on thesuspension member for carrying the intermediate portion of the flexibleelement slidably, a, bag holding member having an opening, one end ofthe flexible element being formed into a loop engaged through theopening, and the loop being knotted together, intermediate its ends, toform an eye slidably mounted on the suspension member, the opposite endof the flexible element being under the control of an operator.

4. In a device of the class described, a cross arm provided near itsends with backwardly extended ears, grommets mounted in the ears, a

flexible element slidable through the grommets, one end portion of theflexible element being under the control of an operator, bag engagingmeans carried by the opposite end portion of the flexible element, asuspension member secured to the rear surface of the cross arm, betweenthe ears, the suspension member having means at its upper end forengaging a support and having means at its lower end for carrying agarment hanger, and the grommets being set back far enough so that whenthe flexible element slides through the grommets, the flexible elementwill be out of contact with the suspension member.

CHARLES S. ALLEN.

